1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody, Happy Valentine's Day. Welcome to the Daily Ods. 2 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 1: It's the fourteenth of February. I'm back from a couple 3 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:09,239 Speaker 1: of days off, feeling refreshed and ready to hit the 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:12,160 Speaker 1: news again. Azara, it is going to be a massive 5 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:14,640 Speaker 1: week of international news. You're going to be hearing a 6 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: lot about Ukraine and Russia. What is the latest from 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 1: Eastern Europe. 8 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 2: We're going to dip dive into this a bit later, 9 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,040 Speaker 2: but just quickly yesterday we got word that the Australian 10 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,479 Speaker 2: embassy in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev was set to 11 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:31,520 Speaker 2: be evacuated amid these rising concerns over a potential invasion. 12 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:34,400 Speaker 2: The embassy will be moved to a temporary office in 13 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: the city of Leviv, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday 14 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,440 Speaker 2: warning it's been a clear message for some time now 15 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 2: that Australians in Ukraine should be seeking to get out 16 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 2: of the country. 17 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:47,320 Speaker 1: Two New South Wales politics now and Over the weekend 18 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: there were four by elections held in the state. Labor 19 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: candidate Michael Holland's claimed victory for the seat of Beaga, 20 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: while Liberal candidate Tim James retains the seat for Willoughby. 21 00:00:57,080 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: That was Gysberjiiclian's former seats candidate Nicole Overall won the 22 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:05,680 Speaker 1: seat of Manero, taking former Nationals Deputy Premier John Barillaro. 23 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: Labor candidate Jason yatsin Lee won the seat of Strathfield 24 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:10,919 Speaker 1: as well. 25 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:15,320 Speaker 2: A standoff between Canadian police and Freedom Convoy protesters has 26 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 2: continued over the weekend as demonstrators blocked a key bridge 27 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,120 Speaker 2: in the US. The protesters have occupied the bridge for 28 00:01:22,160 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: over five days now and it's disrupting both traffic and 29 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,720 Speaker 2: international trade. It comes after a court order that was 30 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 2: issued on Friday to end the blockade. 31 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 1: And your Monday good News. Australia added another medal to 32 00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 1: its Winter Olympics tally over the weekend after Jacelyn Narracott 33 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 1: won silver in the women's skeleton. She is actually the 34 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,880 Speaker 1: first Australian woman to win a medal in the event 35 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:45,760 Speaker 1: of any color. 36 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 2: Over the weekend, headlines about the rising tensions between both 37 00:01:55,240 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 2: Russia and Ukraine dominated the news. Before we deep dive 38 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 2: into what exactly this update is, firstly, Sam, could you 39 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 2: give us just a ten second reminder as to why 40 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 2: these two nations are actually in the news. In the 41 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 2: first place. 42 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: Okay, so this is the TLDR of it all. In 43 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 1: early December, US intelligence officials used satellite images to determine 44 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 1: that Russia had plans for a military offensive at the 45 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 1: Ukraine border. The Russian government denied this. When it became 46 00:02:22,120 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: apparent that Russia did indeed have troops on the border, 47 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:27,320 Speaker 1: they made a list of demands, namely that they wanted 48 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,480 Speaker 1: Ukraine not to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization otherwise 49 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 1: known as NATO. NATO is the military alliance between thirty nations, 50 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 1: including the US and twenty eight European countries, and they've 51 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: shown long term support to Ukraine. Since then, the US 52 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 1: has deployed troops to the Russia Ukraine border. This is 53 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: a big strategic step. It's also important to mention here 54 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,800 Speaker 1: that Putin has consistently denied any intense to invade Ukraine, 55 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: despite what is said by the US government. 56 00:02:56,200 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 2: Right, So, why is Prime Minister Scott Morrison talking about 57 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,800 Speaker 2: this situation and why did he hold a press conference 58 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,880 Speaker 2: about it over the weekend. 59 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: It's one of those funny things with a major international 60 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:08,480 Speaker 1: story where it feels very real all of a sudden 61 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: for US down in Australia when Australian citizens living in 62 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: Ukraine were urged to leave the country. That was on Saturday, 63 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 1: and then on Sunday it was announced that the Australian 64 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,560 Speaker 1: embassy in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev is set to 65 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:23,120 Speaker 1: be evacuated. As we said at the top of the podcast, 66 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: in a press conference, Morrison had this to say. 67 00:03:26,120 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 3: But the situation, as you are all hearing as well, 68 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,920 Speaker 3: is deteriorating and is reaching a very dangerous state. 69 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: And just to add some more complexities to this situation, 70 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:41,000 Speaker 1: Prime Minister Morrison also had some strong words to China 71 00:03:41,040 --> 00:03:43,520 Speaker 1: about some criticisms that were said over the weekend. 72 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 3: I note that overnight Australia has been criticized by the 73 00:03:48,520 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 3: Chinese government for peacefully coming together with our partners in 74 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: the Quad with the United States, with Japan and India 75 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 3: and working together to promote peace and prosperity in our 76 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 3: own region. Yet Chinese government is happy to criticize Australia 77 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:11,480 Speaker 3: for engaging in such peaceful activities, but yet remains chillingly 78 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 3: silent on Russian troops amassing on the Ukrainian border. 79 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,520 Speaker 2: And what about the international reaction to the rising tensions. 80 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 1: Well, Australia wasn't alone here in instructing their citizens to 81 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,320 Speaker 1: leave Ukraine, and in fact, they weren't even alone in 82 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: moving their embassy. Nations such as New Zealand, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Israel, Portugal, 83 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,919 Speaker 1: the UAE, Iraq and Kuwait have all urged their nationals 84 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:42,200 Speaker 1: to leave Ukraine amid the rising tensions. President Biden also 85 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: had a similar message for US nationals living in Ukraine. 86 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 4: American citizens should leave, should leave. Now, we're dealing with 87 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,360 Speaker 4: one of the largest armies in the world. It's a 88 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: very different situation, and thanks could go crazy quickly. 89 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 2: Speaking of Biden, there were reports of Biden Pudin speaking 90 00:05:00,440 --> 00:05:03,320 Speaker 2: over the weekend. What do we know came from that call? 91 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: Both sides kept their cards quite close to their chest here. 92 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,159 Speaker 1: We know that it was a one hour phone call 93 00:05:09,240 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: between US President Joe Biden and Russian leader of Vladimir Putin, 94 00:05:13,000 --> 00:05:16,680 Speaker 1: specifically about the invasion of Ukraine. Neither side had any 95 00:05:16,760 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: breakthroughs during the call, and there were apparently no fundamental 96 00:05:19,760 --> 00:05:22,200 Speaker 1: changes to what's going to happen from here. A Biden 97 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:25,680 Speaker 1: official did say that the call was professional and substantive. 98 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 1: Neither of those are particularly reassuring from the Russian side. 99 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: The Kremlin said Biden did not take Russia's main concerns, 100 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: specifically about Ukraine's admission into NATO into account. Ultimately, Pudin 101 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,520 Speaker 1: asked for an assurance from Biden that America wouldn't support 102 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: Ukraine's admission into NATO and that would mean further NATO 103 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 1: expansion towards the Russian border and subsequently troops from NATO 104 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: deployed on those borders. The meeting seems to have a 105 00:05:53,279 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: very different tone to French President Emmanuel Macron's meeting with 106 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: pusin last week on an extremely long table. French official 107 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 1: said that nothing in that meeting suggested that Russia is 108 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 1: actually preparing an invasion. The White House has since announced 109 00:06:06,680 --> 00:06:09,039 Speaker 1: it's willing to compare the meeting notes Biden had with 110 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:12,160 Speaker 1: Macrons to try and work out exactly the message being 111 00:06:12,240 --> 00:06:14,560 Speaker 1: sent by the Russians. At the moment, it. 112 00:06:14,560 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 2: Certainly feels like a waiting game to see what happens 113 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: next at the border and how that might play out 114 00:06:19,920 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 2: on the international stage. 115 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,280 Speaker 1: Zara I actually predict this one of those stories that 116 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: can be quite consuming for followers of the story on 117 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: news media, as there's so many regular developments here. If 118 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,039 Speaker 1: you need quick, up to date grabs of what's happening, 119 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:36,560 Speaker 1: check us out on Instagram. It can help break down 120 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,719 Speaker 1: what is quite a complex geopolitical story. You can find 121 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: us on the Daily OS until then, we'll speak to 122 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:42,679 Speaker 1: you on Tuesday.